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Supreme Court Asks SCBA Not To Declare Result Of November 2 General Body Meeting On Electoral Reforms
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to hold its scheduled general body meeting on November 2 to discuss election reforms, but directed that voting must take place by secret ballot and that the outcome must not be declared. The results are to be placed before the Court in a sealed envelope.The directions were issued by a bench headed by Chief Justice...
Sultanpur Court Acquits LoP Rahul Gandhi In 2018 Defamation Case Over Remarks Against Amit Shah
An MP/MLA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district today acquitted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed against him for allegedly making a 'defamatory' statement about then BJP President Amit Shah in 2018. Gandhi was present in court when Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shubham Verma pronounced the verdict. The defamation case, filed by BJP Leader Vijay Mishra in...
Kochi Mercedes-Benz Crash: Juvenile Justice Board Grants Bail To Minor Accused
The Juvenile Justice Board, Ernakulam on Monday (October 26) has granted bail to the 17-year-old minor, who was the driver of a Mercedes-Benz car that led to a fatal accident in Cheranaloor, Kochi on the early hours of Sunday (October 25).As per media reports, the luxury car driven by the teen rammed into the scooter, which was ridden by a 55-year-old street food vendor named Jayabalakrishnan...
LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts:26 October 2026
LiveLaw is introducing a new feature —'Breaking News Alerts' — designed to keep our readers instantly updated on the most important judicial developments. With real-time coverage of urgent pronouncements and orders from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this feature ensures that critical updates reach you the moment they happen. Whether it's a landmark ruling or an urgent interim...
Undertrial Prisoner Produced Before Mumbai Court Escapes From Police Custody, FIR Lodged
A routine production of an undertrial prisoner, booked in an attempt to murder case, before the Dindoshi Court in Mumbai on Friday (October 23) took a shocking turn when the undertrial prisoner pushed the police officer and escaped from custody. The Mumbai Police has now lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against the accused identified as Ibrahim Sajid Mujawar.According to the FIR lodged...
Lakhimpur Kheri Case | Trial Judge Replaced After Supreme Court Seeks Allahabad High Court's Remedial Action On Victims' Concerns
The trial in the October 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, in which Ashish Mishra, son of former Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra 'Teni', is the prime accused, will now be heard by a new district judge.This development comes within a month of the Supreme Court directing the Allahabad High Court to examine concerns raised by the victims' families regarding the trial judge's...
Delhi High Court's Judgment On Neha Bora's Plea Against Peace Bond Notice : Live Updates
Delhi High Court will pronounce judgment today on Neha Bora's plea challenging the Delhi Special Executive Magistrate notice asking her to execute bond of Rs. 10,000 with a surety in order to maintain peace during the period of inquiry.Justice Subaramonium Prasad will pronounce the verdict at 6 PM.Follow this page for live updates from the...
National Song Replaced With 'Religious War Song' From Anandamath : Ex-IAS Officer's Plea In Supreme Court
The petitioner, a Hindu belonging to a Scheduled Caste community, argued that the State cannot impose a religious song on its citizens.
Savarkar Condemned Gandhi's Murder : Kin Tells Pune Court
During his cross-examination before a special MP/MLA court in Pune last week (October 14), Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, said that he did not support Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and claimed that Vinayak Savarkar himself had condemned the killing of the Father of the Nation.Satyaki had filed a criminal defamation complaint against Congress...
Superior's 'OK' Reply To Leave Request On WhatsApp Not Conclusive Proof Of Leave Approval: CAT Allahabad
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Allahabad has held that a superior officer's response on WhatsApp as "OK" to a leave request by a junior officer cannot by itself, be treated as conclusive proof of leave approval by the competent authority. This when the administrative work of the department was under the charge another officer who was the competent authority for considering...